(a) New Actions- Every action, upon the filing of the complaint or other paper initiating the action or proceeding, shall be numbered in annual series with the number of the action preceded by the last two figures of the current year and by the abbreviation of the Division or District in which the action is filed, and the Record Series where implemented by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, in the following form:

Any changes conforming to the numbering system set forth in this General Order 6.2 (a) implemented prior to November 2, 2015, are hereby approved.

(b) Pending Actions – Each action pending on December 31, 1963, in any given court in or for Cook County shall retain the number given in the court in which the action was filed prior to Jan. 1, 1964, and pleadings, orders, judgments and other papers subsequently filed shall bear the number so given. Unless expressly provided otherwise in the circuit rules or the general orders of this court, each action pending in the court on November 2, 2015, shall retain the number it had on that date, and pleadings, orders, and other papers subsequently filed shall bear the same number.

(c) Remanded Actions – Every action remanded by the Appellate Court or the Supreme Court for a new trial or hearing, upon reinstatement, shall retain the same case number, unless otherwise ordered by the Presiding Judge, or the Presiding Judge's designee, of the Division or District in which the case is pending to be renumbered by the circuit clerk. The case shall be set for hearing or trial on teh motion of either party or the court.